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vWILLIAM BALDWIN, OF PLYMOUTH, ASSIGNOR. TO HIMSELF, JOEL BLAKESLEE, 0F PLYMOUTH, AND E, BLAKESLEE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

l Leners Perm No. 79.720. and July 7, 1868.

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Be it known that I,\WILLIAM BALDWIN, of Plymouth, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new Improvement in Rake for Bundling Grain; and I do herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said'drawings Aconstitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure- 1, a top view.

Figure 2, a side view.

Figure 3,'the rake inverted, as in position for tying the grain; and, inA

Figure 4, a side view of the same.

-This inventioniis designed for collecting the grain in bundles preparatory to binding, and consists in the arrangement of a series of teeth, which gather the grain, ycombined with a clamp, which, when the teeth have collected the requisite quantity of. grain, may be pressed upon the grain so collected, to hold it securely upon the teeth, so that thel rakemay be inverted, and in that inverted position the grain lies in e convenient position for binding. t l

To enable others to construct and'use my improvement, I will proceed todescribe the same es illustrated in the accompunyingdrawings.

A is a bar,xed to a tongue or other convenient handle, B, and in the bar A arelixed several teeth, C, ofV the forni nearly as seen in Iig. 2, and across the teeth, upon the rear, is fixed another bar, D, which tends to support the teeth, and from,tho bar D, over to the bar A, are arranged two or more supports, E, as seen iu iigs. 1 and. 2. At th'o `centre of thebar D, a recess, F,.is formed in the bar, for the purpose more fully hereafter shown.

To the tongue B, forward ofA the bar A, I arrange two pairs of prongs'or teeth, G, pivoted to the tongue at a, and, extending up, are attached by a connecting-rod, b, to a lever, H, by which said lever tho prongs G may be turned back to the position denoted in red, fig. 2. A suitable spring, L, returns and holds the prongs G forward, as seen in figsu 1 and 2.

This completessthe construction ot' the rake. lts operation is as follows:

The workman takes hold of the handle or tongue'B, draws the rake along so that the teeth C pass beneath and gather the grain thereon, and when a. suieient'quantity has been gathered, then'the Workman, talking hold of the lever H, forces` thc prongs G back against thel grain gathered by the teeth C, as denoted in red, lig. 2. Holding the prongs intliis position, the workman inverts the rake, as seen' in igf-l, and rests the rake upon the supports E, which sustainthe bundle at a convenient distance from the ground; then, in that position, the band is passed around the grain, and securedin the usual manner, thc space Ii' adel-ding a convenient passage for thp band around the bundle, and when-tho bundle has been secured, itmay be taken from thc rake by releasing the prongs, o'r the rake may be rcturned to the position seen in iig. 2, and tho bundle discharged upon the ground,

then another bundle gathered and bound in like manner, and so on.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire topsecure by Letters Patent, is f The combination-of several teeth, C, and prongs G, arranged so as to gather the grain, with the supports E. extending above said teeth, the whole constructed and arranged so as to operate substantially as specifed.

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